Combination-tool for carpenters&#39; use.



PTENTED AUG. l6

J. M. DARROW. COMBINATION TOOL POR CARPENTERS USE.

APPLIGAT'ION FILED MAB.. 23, 1907.

Snowman .TAY M. DARROW, OF ASHERVILLE, KANSAS.

COMBINATION-TOOL FOR CARPENTERS USE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. 6, 1907'.

Application filed March 23, 1907. Serial No. 364,076.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAY M. DARRow, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Asherville, in the county of Mitchell and .State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Toolsfor Carpenters7 Use, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements incombination tools for carpenters use, and the invention has for itsobject an improved construction of tool which embodies in one stock, aplurality of implements or adjuncts, so `that the carpenter or otherworkman may have such devices in a conven ient form and at all timesready for use in the one instrumeut.

With this and other objects in View as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention con sists in certain constructionsand arrangements of the parts as I shall now hereinafter fully describeand claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, and the merits thereof, andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved combination tool forcarpenters. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is adetail fragmentary view of one of the spring rollers and its pivotedcrank. Fig. '4 is a detail fragmentary view showing the portion ol' thestock and the end of a spring roller opposite to the end illustrated inFig. 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the stock of thetool which is provided near one end with a slot 2 to receive the blade3, which, with the stock, constitutes a plane. The said plane isprovided with a chock plate 4 adapted to wedge down against the blade 3and behind the transverse rod 5, so as to hold said blade in differentadjustments according to the cut desired. The stock is formed with aknob 6 and a hand rest 7, for the operators hand in manipulating thetool as a plane.

The spirit level 8 is mounted at the middle of the stock, as shown, sothat the device may be used as a horizontal level, and near one end thestock is formed with a transverse opening 9, in which theV spirit tubel0 is held at right angles to the spirit tube 8, so that the device maybe used as an upright as well as a horizontal level.

At one end the stock l is formed with a cavity Il, in which a springroller 12 is mounted, and a tape 13 winds around the roller and isprovided with a finger piece 14 which projects out of an end opening15,co1nmunicating with the cavity I1. The shaft of the roller l2 isabout it.

provided with a pivoted crank 16, having a hooked end adapted to beentered into a side socket I7 in the stock, so as to lock the rollerwhen the tape line has been drawn out to the proper length. In order toretract the line, it is only necessary to release the crank from itssocket, and the spring will do the rest. The cavity 1]. is preferablyprovided with a hinged cover Il, adapted to swing over into engagementwith a keeper on the stock, so as to close the cavity. The opposite 'endof the stock l is provided with a similarcavity I8, in which there is aspring roller I9, with a chalk line 20 winding A button 2l is attachedto one end of said line, the latter passing outwardly through an opening22 in that end of the stock, and the shaft of said roller is providedwith a pivoted crank 23 having a hooked end adapted to enter a socket 24so as to hold this roller against retraction by its spring. This cavity18 is also preferably covered by means of a swinging closure 18, similarto the closure lla.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that I have provided a very comprehensive toolthat may be used by carpenters and the like in diversified ways, andwhich embodies in the one instrument a number of tools or devices whichwill be useful in carpentry. Preferably the cavities 11 and 18 extendoutwardly through one side of the stock, and are coveredby plates 25, sothat the spring rollers may thus be entered in their places.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A tool comprising a stock substantially as described, provided with acavity and an end opening communicating therewith, said cavity openingoutwardly through the side of the stock andl also openingupwardlythrough the top of the stock, a plate covering said side opening of thecavity, a spring, retracted roller mounted in said cavity. a swinging,-cover mounted on the stock and adapted to close the upper end of thecavity, a iiexible measuring device windingaround said roller andextending outwardly through the end opening and provided with a fingerpiece, and a pivoted crank mounted on the shaft of the roller andprovided at its extremity with a hook, and the stock being formed with aside socket in which the hook is adapted to he swung.

2. A tool, comprising a stock substantially as described, said stockbeing' formed with a cavity in one end and an end opening communicatingtherewith, a spring retracted roller mounted in the said cavity, aexible measuring device winding around said roller andextendingoutwardly through the end opening and provided with a lingerpiece, and a pivoted crank mounted on the shaft of the roller andprovided `at its extremity with a hook, the stock being formedi with aside socket in which the hook is adapted to be swung.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.TAY M. DARROW. [L. 5.]

Witnesses:

E. W. Runs, MARY SHANxs.

